THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-1610
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-1610

Filr vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
11.5%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Directory traversal vulnerability in the email-template feature in Novell Filr before 1.2 Security Update 3 and 2.0 before Security Update 2 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and write to arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a blob name.
Affected vendor
Novell
Affected product
Filr
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2016-08-01

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 11.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-1610

  • Confirm whether Novell Filr is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-1610.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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